TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of June 28, 2024

1.Who wrote the famous document read publicly in Philadelphia in July, 1776? (5 points)

• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

2.A famous chair inside Independence Hall has the picture of this promising natural phenomenon as noted by Ben Franklin in a famous speech given there: (20 points)

• a mooon
• a flower
• a waterfall
• a sunrise
• a cave

3.Which has "spacious skies"? (5 points)

• America the Beautiful
• Stars and Stripes Forever
• God Bless America
• Star Spangled Banner
• Yankee Doodle

4.Which word is not the same part of speech as the others? (10 points)

• exploratory
• ambulatory
• predatory
• congratulatory
• laboratory

5.Which of the following is a shade of a secondary color? (10 points)

• cobalt
• butter
• crimson
• leaf
• ivory

6.Sam, a loyal American, told his teacher the primary colors are red, white, and blue. Why was he wrong? (5 points)

• He forgot green
• White is not a color
• More than one of the other answers
• Yellow is a primary color
• He forgot black

7.After the Declaration of Independence, which major document was written next ? (20 points)

• The Penn Charter
• The Star Spangled Banner
• The Bill of Rights
• The Constitution
• The Emancipation Proclamation

8.The King of England at the time of the Lexington and Concord was: (5 points)

• Ferdinand
• Charles of Whales
• John-Paul
• Midas
• George III

9.This famous American composed over 130 marches: (10 points)

• Scott Joplin
• George Gershwin
• Stephen Foster
• John Philip Sousa
• Mark Twain

10.Fireworks were originally invented by the (10 points)

• Chinese
• French
• Vikings
• Spaniards
• Puritans

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